Mercury stocks in discontinuous permafrost and their mobilization by river migration in the Yukon River Basin

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Smith, Magdalene I., Ke, Yutian, Geyman, Emily C., Reahl, Jocelyn N., Douglas, Madison M., Seelen, Emily A., Magyar, John S., Dunne, Kieran B. J., Mutter, Edda, Fischer, Woodward W., Lamb, Michael P., West, A. Joshua
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Human health; permafrost; Yukon river; Alaska; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536e

Rapid warming in the Arctic threatens to destabilize mercury (Hg) deposits contained within soils in permafrost regions. Yet current estimates of the amount of Hg in permafrost vary by ~4 times. Moreover, how Hg will be released to the environment as permafrost thaws remains poorly known, despite th...